As European Union officials count the days before their annual vacation, Google's lawyers and lobbyists are hunkering down in Brussels, preparing for what may be a record EU antitrust fine.
A penalty in the shopping-search probe could come within weeks and many expect it to exceed a $1.2 billion fine on Intel Corp. in 2009.
That would be another show of strength by EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who slapped Apple Inc. with a $14.5 billion tax bill in August. Google is a top priority case for her as European politicians and publishers push for action against the company that's come to dominate online advertising.
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